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Brighton

American

[brahyt-n] / ˈbraɪt n /

noun

a city in East Sussex, in SE England: seashore resort.
a city near Melbourne in S Victoria, in SE Australia.
a town in central Colorado.

Brighton British

/ ˈbraɪtən /

noun

a coastal resort in S England, in Brighton and Hove unitary authority, East Sussex: patronized by the Prince Regent, who had the Royal Pavilion built (1782); seat of the University of Sussex (1966) and the University of Brighton (1992). Pop: 134 293 (2001)

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Everton's wait for a first point at Goodison Park this season continues after Brighton hand them a sixth consecutive home defeat in the Women's Super League.

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Brighton will create chances - they always do - and I am expecting them to score, but Fulham won this game 3-1 last season with Iwobi scoring twice and I am going for them again this time.

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It was organised for Dale to travel to Brighton to meet Sallis and collect the envelopes, the court heard.

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An acrobatic overhead-kick equaliser in stoppage time - not a bad way for Brighton's 18-year-old Greek forward to open his account at the Amex Stadium.

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He was subsequently left out of the Liverpool squad for their 1-0 win at Inter Milan but came off the bench to register an assist against Brighton four days later.

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